
Procedure is basically identical for tessellating hexagons, and tessellations Because the pattern repeats infinitelyĪnd the triangles are all rotated around each vertex, the tail of the blackīird must also cut outside of its left-most edge creating the space under Into the black bird’s territory over the boundary they share. Outlined triangles, one holds a black bird the other a white bird. Triangular tessellation with each triangle containing a single bird.

Tended to be made up of one of these shapes, as it meant only one type of Triangles, squares and hexagons can be used by themselves to tessellate the plane.

Patterns with different polygons (for example octagons and squares), but only Interior angles around each vertex must be 360 degrees for this to work. Geometric pattern which completely and infinitely stretches across the plane Escher is probably most famous for his tessellations, which oftenĭepict animals and humans interlocking and covering the two dimensional Tessellations, polyhedra to three-dimensional scenes. Two aspects in his various drawings and prints of everything from

Mathematics and logical thinking as well as visual arts. Although his initial careerįailed, Escher’s artwork does show that he was interested in a combination of Switched to the arts partly because of his poor grades. He originally studied to become an architect but soon Cornelis Escher was born in 1898 in the Netherlands.
